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Monday, December 13, 2010

Welcome to "The Reason For The Season" Party!

My sincerest thanks to everyone that participated and left such nice comments:@)

Hi everyone! Thanks so much for stopping by! I wanted to give everyone a chance to share their nativity or Holy Family decorations. All are welcome large or small! If you'd like to re-post or re-link a previous post please do! I'm also joining Marty for Table Top Tuesday and Joni for It's A Wonderful Life!

I'm German and do love things that lean toward that heritage. I found this beautiful wooden spinning nativity and enjoy bringing it out every year! Three tiers, the wise men, the Holy Family, and a Shepard. Love the detail and the heat of the candles makes it turn.

Truthfully I've learned to use tea lights, they are not as messy!

One last pic of the Shepard, love the little sheep!

Many years ago I started making a nativity set for Ma in ceramics. I'd add 3-4 pieces a year, there are 12 pieces total. They have the slightest light blue under color and a beautiful mother of pearl over coat. The last year I made them the light blue had been discontinued and it was quite a scramble to find enough to finish the set!

Ma gifted them to me for my birthday this year, they are very special to me and I love them-thanks Ma!

They stand about 9" tall, I haven't found a manger yet, but I have visions of that and a crystal star!

Ok folks, link up and let's have some fun:@)Join the party for a chance to win an original piece of stained glass!

It's easy to play along!

1. Everyone that joins will be entered.

3. For a second chance leave a comment letting me know that you follow.

(This is available to ship within the US. I hope my friends outside of the US will understand, and still participate if they'd like to:@)

60 comments:

Hi Lynn! Thank you for hosting this party! I really like your wooden Nativity and I too think tea light would be so much easier. Oh, the set you've made is beautiful! How nice of your mother to give it back to you! :)Be a sweetie,Sheila ;)

Oh My! The little set you made is positively beautiful! I can almost see the slight irredescence? of it too. I love it! You made so many beautiful pieces too. I also love your wooden German piece as well. I am already a follower so please enter me again for your beautiful artwork. Thanks so much for such a wonderful party!

I love both your Nativity scenes. I have one like your's in pearl white porcelian but I had to work today so didnt get it set up.. Maybe this party will stay open till tommorrow at noon and I can still get mine posted.. In the meantime I'll enjoy everyone else's...

I have a little wooden spinner, too, one of my sons gave it to me for Christmas years ago. The spinner broke and we have it "sorta" repaired. Now, we mostly just look at it, mine has reindeer and is very delicately carved. Thanks for hosting this great party.

Yep! I was that crazy lady on the road! LOL I was SO excited when she said that, seriously I thought she was joking at first I didn't believe her! I never even told her that I wanted it so it was so much more of a suprise. I really want the Creche and the stars to go with it, maybe i will ask the hubby for that since I don't really have anything else to ask for, and then after that its just the animals and the shepherd and his flock so Im just about done, and aside from the creche the biggest most expensive pieces are taken care of so thats even better and I really didn't want to buy it myself, I wanted it to be a gift from someone so that whenever i got it out ever year i could think about them and how I got it instead of thinking about how I got it myself at the mall! LOL

This is a perfect party to celebrate the birth of Jesus. We are German's from Russia and I love all things about Christmas, too. My mom has something like your candle lit, spinning set. I'll have to tell her about using the other candles! Maybe she will use it then. Thanks for being our hostess! Merry Christmas to you and your family. ♥♫

What a fun party, but oh I am nervous, it is my first link up...I hope I get some sweet comments, I am a follower and love seeing what mischief your little pigs are always getting into! Can't wait to see everyone elses Nativities.

What a wonderful party. . . Thanks so much for hosting. I love the nativity scenes of the ones I have visited. I hope to visit more. I am a follower of yours and enjoy your blog very much. Thanks for sharing.

What a pretty piece of stained glass. I thought I was already a follower, but apparently I hadn't signed up to follow even though I do follow your blog. I just fixed that by signing as a follower. laurie

Hello Lynn,How amazing you are German. And you have one of those typical wooden spinning nativity. So cute. When I was child, I loved to see how the wheel is spinning. Memories! The nativity you made is really artwork. Love that you just choose no color. That gives them a certain glow somehow like a halo. Very pretty figurines. It is so generous that your MOM gave it to you but somehow it is also fair, not to give it some others. And it is true, the love we give, came back thousendfold. Thank you for hosting this wonderful event. We have in winter many nativity exhibitions, I love to visit them and now I can have a look at nativities around the world. Thank you so much.Greetings, Johanna

I love the spinning nativity! I have one handed down to me from my aunt. When my boys were just babies, she would light it and hold them to watch it. As she got older, she felt they should have it. It is very messy and I don't bring it out very often. Now I think I need to do so!

Thanks for hosting this wonderful party. We truly need a reminder as to what CHRISTmas is all about!

Oh!!! Now I like that! You feel a star is a nice touch too!!! (See my post, to understand this!) Love your wooden-spinning nativity! I have never seen one like it!.. And your ceramic set is beautiful! I WISH I could still get together with other girls in a ceramics class that I once was in long ago. Other things in life took me on a detour of sorts... but I really enjoyed it, and miss it! Thanks for hosting this lovely event, and Happy Holidays to you, Lynn! ~tina

Yikes, I wrote the date for this party down for the 17th! But a few quick photos and I am IN! (Yay!) So glad to be joining your wonderful party, it is such a wonderful idea. I love your spinning nativity it is so beautiful, great details. And it is so sweet that you and your mom gave each other the white set!

Lynn, Thanks so much for sponsoring this party! I am happy that there are so many Christian bloggers - we just seem like a real nice bunch of people! Your spinning nativity is glorious. You are such a talented crafter. I am looking forward to visiting your party participants. This is a wonderful time of year and I am so happy to celebrate with you!

Hi Lynn...your pearl white ceramic nativity set is awesome! Thanks for hosting this true Reason for the Season party. I have been reading your blog for awhile and became a follower tonight. Christmas blessings to you and your family!

Hi Lynn, I too love the wooden German set. I used to have one like that. I gave it to one of my children who loved it too. The white nativity is beautiful. I know your mom treasured it and now it is yours to enjoy. I have been giving things to my children too. There comes a time when we just have too many things. Smile.I linked again because for some reason my first link was wrong. I somehow linked back to you. silly me. I have been gone this entire day and bj left me a message telling me about the incorrect link. It's a bit late in the day.

I would love to be entered in the beautiful stained glass giveaway.Hugs, Jeanne

Lynn...I am now just getting around to comment! Thank you for hosting this lovely party...it is CHRISTmas and I love having reminders of the reason for the season. Your nativities are lovely. That German one is quite special :)

About Me

My boys are grown and on their own and while the day job puts food on the table, it doesn't feed the soul. So this Philly Girl started Pig In Mud. Please join me as I welcome each season and holiday through brief posts focusing on home cooking, baking and crafts. I hope you'll find this a happy place that provides inspiration:@) Lynn